1. NoodleTools Create a [bibliography, source list…] *
An integrated platform for citation, note-taking, outlining, document archiving and annotation, and collaborative research.
[Your name/title/contact info]*
*For the brackets, fill in your specific information

2. Organize, create, store, write
What is NoodleTools
Organize, create, store, write
Save personal copies of sources
Begin a working bibliography
Copy-and-paste relevant quotes onto notecards
Paraphrase the author’s words
Analyze, question and add your own ideas
Tag and pile your notes – what emerges?
Create an outline, add piles – reorder and experiment!
Create [essay, speech, product…] with a bibliography
Note: There are tutorials on notecards, tagging and other features of the Tabletop here:

3. …but if you mess up, you can change styles later!
Choose a style
…but if you mess up, you can change styles later!
NoodleTools comes in 3 different levels corresponding roughly to novices (elementary), middle school and ESL, and high school/college
All three levels are available for all three styles: MLA, APA and Chicago.
Name your project

4. Keep your focus

5. Watch your work grow
On the Dashboard, students can review their own 30-day logs. The logs have been enhanced to clearly show when items in the project are added or deleted, plus it gives the total number of citations and notecards to that point in time. We will continue to add self-assessment features so that students gain a sense of ownership and responsibility for their work.

6. [teacher dropbox name]
Share with
[teacher dropbox name]
Tutorial on sharing a project with a teacher’s dropbox:

7. Assignment, calendar, notes

8. Share and work with your team in real-time
Note: Tutorial on how to share a project with a team:

9. Keep everything together

10. Plan to stay organized

11. Use feedback from [teachers’ names] to improve your work

12. Read comments on your notes

13. See comments on your sources too!

14. Bibliography Screen

15. From the drop-down menu
Choose the best match
From the drop-down menu

16. Copy-and-paste to avoid
spelling errors

17. Correct errors on the fly!

18. Watch the citation “build” as you type
Part
Always see the same format:
Part on top
Whole on bottom
Whole

19. Search WorldCat’s library catalog for your book
Admin can turn this off.
Search by ISBN, Title or Author
Additional search options like publication date.
Behind the scenes we do a first pass over the data that gets imported, making some smart changes to the title and publication information based on the citation style.
Cover, authors, publication information - verify it is the right source.
Import selected source.
Identify your book

20. Review and edit the elements (We’ve done some checking already!)

21. Save to your list

22. No more “refinding” problems!
Save (and mark up) your own copy of a Web source.
Exclusive partnership with iCyte to provide a way for students to permanently archive and annotate Web pages and PDFs that they use, so that they have a snapshot of the source from the time they actually cited or took notes on it. Teachers can also view this archived version when the project is shared.
Useful for things like Wikis, Web pages, blogs, tweets
Requires a bookmarklet to be added to the browser’s toolbar.

23. If you need to include a source because you’ve annotated it, you can!
Certain sources (e.g., popular reference works) are only cited in notes in Chicago style.
If you need to include a source because you’ve annotated it, you can!
Checkbox and help text at the bottom of each form allowing student to omit particular citations from a final exported list.
By default, we include a citation for every source in the student’s bibliography.
We give “traffic light” indicator (red, yellow, green) with help that explains when a particular source is usually, sometimes, or rarely included.
For example, in Chicago style those history teachers want you to omit well-known reference works.
But if the student was creating an annotated bibliography, she might NEED citations for all sources and this feature gives them that flexibility.

24. See how to make your in-text reference for MLA and APA

25. Or a footnote and shortened footnote for Chicago style
…or the full and shortened footnote for Chicago style

26. Get help when you need it!

27. Questions we’ve been asked…
How can I tell if this is common knowledge?
Is a PDF cited like a book?
What if I don’t have the page number because I returned the book?
Is the Christian Science Monitor a newspaper or a magazine?
How do I cite a web page in a database?
What do I put in an annotation?

28. Analyze your list

29. Format and export your bibliography to a word processor (or Google docs)

30. Keep a portfolio of your work

31. Follow the *handout…
Click the "Create a Personal ID“ button to register as a new user
If you are prompted, at the “New User Registration” screen, enter [school name] and password
Create your personal ID and password
Record these on your handout
When you use NoodleTools after that, login only with your personal ID and password
Note: Some educators create a printed handout that includes database login instructions. Please do not publish your school’s password on the Web

32. Specifically for this [essay, project…]
Review…
Specifically for this [essay, project…]
Use [MLA, APA or Chicago/Turabian]
Cite as you go (books, wikis, databases…)
Add notes as you read, annotate to understand
Organize notes in piles, add tags and reminders
Build an outline, cluster your notes under headings
Share your working list and notes with [name]
Get feedback as you go
Create [essay, speech, product…]

33. NoodleTools Start your research!
Questions?
For more teaching ideas: support [at] noodletools [dot] com